Where does “rovescione” come from?
rovescione (Italian) comes from Italian rovesciare, from Late Latin reversare, from Latin versō, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
rovescione (Italian): backhander; downpour
Ancestry of “rovescione”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | rovesciare | to pour, spill, damp, tip, shower, lay; to turn... |
| 2 | Late Latin | reversare | present active infinitive of reversō;... |
| 3 | Latin | versō | — |
| 4 | Latin | vertō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wertō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |